Anti-government Protest Erupts In Kenya Over Poll Result And Rising Cost Of Living

Hundreds of opposition supporters took to the streets of the Kenyan capital over the result of the last election and the rising cost of living, in protests organized by the opposition demanding that the president resigns from office.

Updated: 21 Mar 2023 3:22 pm

Kenya Opposition Protests | Photo: AP/Brian Inganga

A man gestures to police in Kibera slums as police clash with demonstrators during a protest by supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga over the high cost of living and alleged stolen presidential vote, in Nairobi.

Kenya Opposition Protests | Photo: AP/Patrick Ngugi

Protesters stumble as they flee from a police water cannon in the Eastleigh neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya.

Kenya Opposition Protests | Photo: AP/Ben Curtis

Protesters shout at police as they demonstrate in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya.

A protester throws rocks towards police, next to a burning barricade in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya.

A protester jumps up to see where the rock he has thrown at police landed in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya.

Police beat a protester who had hidden in a shack, after police threw a tear gas grenade inside to force him out, in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya.

A protester throws rocks towards police in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya.

A teargas canister flies through the air as police clash with protesters during a protest by supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga over the high cost of living and alleged stolen presidential vote, in Nairobi.